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Analysis | Advice | SustainabilityMon, 21 Jan 2019 15:35:38 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.9Sustainalize Goes Down Underhttps://sustainalize.com/2019/01/sustainalize-goes-down-under/
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:55:03 +0000https://sustainalize.com/?p=7136Sustainability & CSR consultancy firm Sustainalize continues to expand its geographic boundaries with the opening of a new office in Melbourne, Australia. The office will be managed by Amy White, an Australian expat who returned to Australia after working in The Netherlands as the Corporate Sustainability Manager at Nutreco. Amy has a passion for sustainable lees meer...

]]>Value creation: the road to integrated sustainabilityhttps://sustainalize.com/2019/01/value-creation-the-road-to-integrated-sustainability/
Mon, 07 Jan 2019 08:00:03 +0000https://sustainalize.com/?p=7095When you google ‘long term value creation’, within 0,56 seconds you get about 278 million hits. Not strange: if you work within the field of corporate reporting or sustainability, it’s likely that you have heard this term before. Maybe you’ve even worked on a so-called value creation model for your company. (If you want to lees meer...

]]>Large support from Dutch organisations for SDG LGBTI Manifestohttps://sustainalize.com/2018/11/veel-steun-van-nederlandse-organisaties-voor-sdg-lgbti-manifest/
Fri, 09 Nov 2018 11:14:42 +0000https://sustainalize.com/2018/11/veel-steun-van-nederlandse-organisaties-voor-sdg-lgbti-manifest/Yesterday, fifteen organisations (representing 335.000 employees, with 154 billion in turnover) stepped up for better inclusion of LGBTI rights into the UN Sustainable Development Goals and truly leave no one behind. During the Dutch National Sustainability Congress in Den Bosch, fifteen organisations have taken a leap forward to a more inclusive agenda and acknowledge and lees meer...

]]>Geanne van Arkel of Interface elected as ‘CSR manager of the year’ 2018https://sustainalize.com/2018/11/geanne-van-arkel-van-interface-verkozen-tot-mvo-manager-van-het-jaar-2018/
Thu, 08 Nov 2018 16:02:56 +0000https://sustainalize.com/2018/11/geanne-van-arkel-van-interface-verkozen-tot-mvo-manager-van-het-jaar-2018/At the 18th National Sustainability Congress in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, where more than 500 people interested in sustainability were present, Geanne van Arkel (Head of Sustainable Development at Interface) was elected as ‘CSR manager of the year 2018’. Maurits Groen (sustainable entrepreneur) handed out the trophy. This ‘CSR manager of the year’ election was organized for the lees meer...

]]>Research Dutch businesses: Sustainable Development Goals scarcely integrated in business strategieshttps://sustainalize.com/2018/09/research-dutch-businesses-sustainable-development-goals-scarcely-integrated-in-business-strategies/
Mon, 24 Sep 2018 23:00:31 +0000https://sustainalize.com/2018/09/onderzoek-nederlandse-bedrijfsleven-sustainable-development-goals-amper-geintegreerd-in-bedrijfsstrategie/Today, three years ago, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) were implemented by the United Nations. Dutch companies involve these ‘Global Goals’ only limited in their strategy development process. This is the result of a research that has been conducted the last couple of months by consultancy firm Sustainalize in collaboration with Tilburg University. Over the lees meer...

]]>Three finalists Dutch ‘CSR Manager of the year 2018’ election announcedhttps://sustainalize.com/2018/09/three-finalists-csr-manager-of-the-year-2018-announced/
Wed, 19 Sep 2018 06:59:46 +0000https://sustainalize.com/2018/09/drie-finalisten-mvo-manager-van-het-jaar-2018-bekend/Geanne van Arkel (head of Sustainable Development at Interface), Jaap Petraeus (Manager Corporate Sustainability at FrieslandCampina) and Marlijn Simons-Somhorst (Manager Corporate Responsibility & Relations at Lidl the Netherlands) are nominated for the title of ‘CSR Manager of the year 2018’. An expert jury selected them from a shortlist of 10 candidates who received the most lees meer...

]]>7 November 2019: 19th Dutch National Sustainability Congresshttps://sustainalize.com/2018/07/8-november-2018-18th-dutch-national-sustainability-congress/
Sat, 28 Jul 2018 08:47:54 +0000https://sustainalize.com/2018/06/8-november-2018-18de-nationaal-sustainability-congres/On 7 November 2019, Sustainalize and CKC Seminars will organize the 19th edition of the largest annual sustainability conference in the Netherlands. The event will take place at the 1931 Congress Centre in Den Bosch. More information is available at www.sustainability-congres.nl

]]>Measuring the CSR progress of Dutch companies can be a puzzle (with too many pieces)https://sustainalize.com/2018/06/measuring-the-csr-progress-of-dutch-conpanies/
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 09:46:17 +0000https://sustainalize.com/?p=6173How far along is the Dutch business community when it comes to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? What developments have taken place? These are concrete questions that policy makers would like to know the answer to. There are many benchmarks and monitoring initiatives for sustainability that show pieces of this puzzle. But can we get the lees meer...

]]>9 October: It’s back – the inspiring Integrated Thinking & Reporting coursehttps://sustainalize.com/2018/06/9-oktober-inspiring-course-integrated-thinking-reporting/
Wed, 27 Jun 2018 08:44:28 +0000https://sustainalize.com/2018/06/9-oktober-inspirerende-leergang-integrated-thinking-reporting-weer-van-start/The CR2 Academy (Bondt Communication and Sustainalize) is now organizing its fourth practical course on social value creation. Integrated steering and reporting on – and about – the impact of organizations’ activities is a theme that is currently gaining wider recognition. It also raises some vital practical questions: where do you start and how do lees meer...

]]>Ten managers shortlisted for ‘2018 Dutch CSR Manager of the Year ‘https://sustainalize.com/2018/06/ten-managers-shortlisted-for-dutch-csr-manager-of-the-year/
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:50:32 +0000https://sustainalize.com/?p=6178About 475 CSR managers in the Netherlands were recently invited to choose three people that they believe qualified for the title of ‘2018 CSR Manager of the Year’. The votes have been counted and the following ten CSR managers have been shortlisted for the next round: Wendeline Besier (CSR Manager at TBI) Jaap Petraeus (Corporate lees meer...